Process of making drawer-pulls and similar articles.



H; J. BLEAKING. PROCESS OF MAKING DRAWER PULLS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES.

APPLICATION I'ILBD MAR. 20, 1907.

Patehted Apr. 27, 1909.

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HENItY J. BLEA'KING, or HERKIMER, NEW YORK.

PROCESS F MAKING'DRA'WER-PULLS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lHENRY J. BLnAKiNe, a citizen of the United States, residing at Herkimer, in the county ofI-Ierkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Making Drawer-Pulls and SimilarArticles,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accomr panying drawing.

My mvention relates to an improved process of making drawer pulls and similar articles, and I declare that the following is a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which like letters refer to like parts through out. I

The invention includes the production of a drawer-pull made of a pluralityof laminae or sheets of wood united into an article of a given form of utility or of beauty, each sheetof which is se arately brought to the general contour of tie finished article, certain of them being given particular modificatlons of form for ornamental efiects as desired and being severally of such material, grain and disposition as to form a new and tation thereof; Fig. 3 is a view of a pin which I use in mounting the pull on the drawer; Fig. 4 is a top view of av handle, shaped to fit a drawer of curved front, the

laminae or sheets being broken away at each 1 end, and Fig. 5 is a face view of a pull with the lamina. being broken'away at'the ends illustrating the variance in the grain of the laminae.

Referring to the drawings in detail'A indicates the drawer-end of'desired size, form and shape, and B represents the handle, having ends I) and the intermediate grip c. As already indicated the handle is made up of a series of sheets or laminae of suitable material, a held togetherin theirassembled form by glue or other suitable means, combining them in a unit. These sheets are of a size slightly larger than that of the finished article and of a suitable thickness according to the nature of the material and its pliability.

They may be of difierent kinds of wood if de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1907. I Serial No. 363,491.

Patented. April 27, 1909.

of the adjacent sheets, thereby securing strength in the pull. The arrangement in different grains 'and qualities is illustrated.

in Fig. 5.

The sheets or laminae are prepared for assembling by soaking or steaming them.

Each is then preferably shaped, by a suitable mold or'press, into the form necessary for the finished product and they are then assembled under pressure with glue therebetween, if such be the means of uniting them. Inthe process of producing the drawerpull or similar article it is necessary to give only the outer lamina or sheet the dull and detailed configuration or ornamentation, the others being shaped to conform more or less closely to the design. The outermost one may be made thinner than the others and of a choicer material. The inner ones can be made ofinferior wood or material, and be madethicker since it is not necessary that it should be pressed into a form to show all the details of the ornamentation. It is desirablethat the innermost of the sheets should be substantially smooth or plane and this is effected by making each less close in detail to the figure of the outermost one. The interstices or spaces thus caused between the sev eral laminae are filled, more or less, by the glue or cement which unites the parts into a unit, giving solidity to the product. It will be understood, however, that at the edges each lamina preferably contacts quite closely with the edge-of the contiguous one.

By suitable pressure the several laminae, when properly prepared may be placed side by side in a press and brought to the desired form and then be allowed to dry. This method may be referable under certain conditions, especial y for plain work. It may be desired, however, that the pull shall present a more or less ornamental form. Such ornamentation is illustrated by e in Fig. 2. This is produced, as above set forth, by forming the outermost sheet in a press or die having the figure or such ornamentation. The extent of this is limited by the capacity of the Wood to conform to such figures, dependingupon its quality and cut. The outer finished as desired.

sheet may be cut or trimmed if desired, to have such ornamentation as desired. While different sheets might be similarly formed to produce a similar variation from a plane face it is not necessary to do this. The outer sheet may be given the desired shape and the inner ones crowded against it in the assembling when, if sufficient glue be provided the interior cavities of the ornamentation will be filled or they may be separately filled, before the assembling, by any suitable material.

It will be evident that the drawer pull can be given such shape or figure as is desired and can be made with its ends to conform to the article to which it is to be attached, such as a curved surface and as indicated in Fig. 4.

After the laminae have been assembled in the unit and dried the pull is trimmed and It may be secured by any suitable means to the drawer, or other article, but on account of its thinness I prefer to use a wooden pinf with headf The pull and drawer are bored and the pin inserted, held by glue or otherwise.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The process of making a laminated article consisting of a series of thin lamime severally pressed and formed and subsequently secured to interfit in a structural unit, the outer thereof being separately pressed to present variations of figure from the normal plane surface of the lamina, sub stantially as shown.

2. The process of making an article of assembled layers having an ornamental face and composed of a plurality of laminae, by pressing each into form to be assembled in the finished article, the outer or face lamina having been previously separately pressed with configurations of the ornamentation desired, the several laminae being united with cement provided to unite them and to fill the space formed by the configurations of the 1 outer lamina.

3. The process of forming a composite article composed of a series of lamina, \\'lll(ll consists in pressing the outer one into the form of a given ornamentation and pressing the next inner laminae successively into a form more or less closely corresponding to the configuration of the next enter one and applying a cohesive filler to the said lamime when assembled and placed under pressure, whereby to provide a solid backing for the ornamental lamina.

4. The process of making laminated articles consisting of a series of thin laminae severally pressed and formed and subsequently secured to interlit in a structural unit, the outer thereof being separately pressed to present a form of ornamental curvature and the inner ones being pressed into general conformity with the form of the outer one, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I a llix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

llEi'il lY J. BLFrUilNU. Vr'i tnesses CnAnLEs N. KAY, A. L. ARNOLD.

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